Senior PJM Market Policy & Support Specialist

About the role

This is an open position with FirstEnergy Service Company, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. This is a full-time, on-site position located at any FirstEnergy location.

Responsibilities

• Participating in PJM committees, subcommittees, and task forces, including voting strategy coordination.
• Tracking and analyzing PJM proposals throughout the stakeholder process.
• Cooking internal alignment across regulatory, legal, and operations teams on PJM issue positions.
• Modeling analytics in support of policy positions.
• Serving as a subject matter expert on PJM market rules, governance processes, and policies.
• Supporting advocacy efforts and regulatory filings and reporting.
• Developing high-level solutions for complex assignments.
• Developing and educating others on technical subject matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or related discipline required.
• Minimum 7 years relevant work experience required with a bachelor degree.
• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience required without a degree.
• Relevant work experience will include energy market or regulatory roles (RTO/ISO, utilities, FERC/state commissions), analytical/financial roles tied to energy, strategy, or economic modeling, policy roles involving advocacy and consensus-building.
• Proven analytical ability to support regulatory/negotiation positions or testimony.
• Proven coordination and project management skills.
• Ability to develop strong working relationships with others.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits, Compensation & Workforce Diversity

FirstEnergy takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. In addition, your actual base salary will depend on various factors such as your skills, qualifications, and experience. The estimated pay range for this role is $103,275 - $145,800. The pay range for certain locations, including the state of New Jersey, include a 20% differential to account for an increased cost of living, making the pay range for NJ $123,9300 - $174,960.

At FirstEnergy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement. Please visit our website at www.firstenergycorp.com to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract. Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B visas at this time.

Safety is a core value for FirstEnergy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety. To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.

Position Classification: Exempt